The image of your vet sitting in front of his microscope with a puzzled
frown and a big virtual "?" over his head popped into my mind at your
description. I laughed out loud.
-----Original Message-----
From: Marsha Hallett [SMTP:liah...@pacbell.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 9:08 PM
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: CS>Parasites
Hello Marsha,
>>I've seen your posts regarding your birds health and have a question for
>you. First off, I have a double yellowhead amazon (no folks, it doesn't
>have two heads) and am always interested in how to take the best care of
>him.
>>Do you have any idea how your bird came to get giardia? In my neck of
the
>woods, it is carried by mammals such as mountain beavers and is spread
>through the water from their feces to other critters. Did you water your
>bird with stream water by chance? Or do you think it was passed from
>another bird? Or do you know? I would like to think there's no way my
bird
>could get it but now you have me worrying a bit.
>>Could you please clarify what you think or know it was that gave giardia
to
>your bird ("snake with feathers"). That's what my wife calls ours because
>of his nasty attitude toward her.
>
>Trem
Dear Trem, I have no idea how she got the bugs, she had them when I bought
her at a birdshow in San Francisco.(I presume she was infected by another
bird. Probably in the usual "poop soup" birds love to create in their
drinking water.)
All I know is that the vet positively ID`d them under a microscope. They
weren`t moving, as I`d already given her some CS the night before!! Vet was
trying to figure that out... :o)
Sorry I`m not much more help.
Give your Amazon a big hug from me! They are cool birds.
Love,
Marsha
PS, I also used CS on some finches successfully.
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